Top 5 lures for Chesapeake Bay?

outrider58 · Aug 22, 2017

Sabikis!

govwontletmebuycoolguns · Aug 22, 2017

Umbrella rigs
Bucktails
Stretch Bombers
Sassy Shad
Diamond jigs

outrider58 · Aug 22, 2017

TargetGrade said:
Not just "spoon" it HAS to be a Tony Acetta!

That's funny(and yeah, always put one out on the bay), we were tuna fishing on the OBX and were doing poorly. Mate took a 'Tony' and put it on a kite rod. He jigged the crap out of it and we caught our limit in about an hour. Ever haul in 35-45lb tuna on a kite rod? They ain't made for reelin' fish in lol!

RebelYell · Aug 23, 2017

If we're talking trolling:
Umbrella rigs
Tandem Parachutes
Red Surge Tubes
Drone Spoons
Bucktails

If we're talking light tackle:
BKD's (I like mine rigged to a Hardhead Custom Bait Jighead)
Stingsilvers
Poppers
Weighted spoons (I prefer Hardhead Custom Baits...Bendy Spoons I think they're called)
Zara Spook

ironpony · Aug 23, 2017

Poppers
Spooks
Swin shads
Soft jerk baits ... not me but from people in the know.
I don't fish the Bay that often after seeing how many guns are there, tragic!

yakfish · Sep 10, 2017

Beetle Spin (legendary white perch killer)
Tony Spoon
Kastmaster
Rattletrap
Curlytail Grub

lowoncash · Sep 11, 2017

Small piece of shrimp on any lure for white perch

Schipperke · Sep 11, 2017

Lucca1 said:
I'd swap out the popper for a Road Runner bucktail. Bluefish love them.

I was on a pier and near everyone was using a Got-cha and were catching Bluefish.

TargetGrade said:
Not just "spoon" it HAS to be a Tony Acetta!

I got tired of losing Mepps Spinners , and found 25 pack of China knockoffs for $19. They've been catching fish! My favorite freshwater spoon is the Acme Phobe. Next would be a Kastmaster. Wonder if the Chinese have a Tony Acetta clone?

Yoshi · Sep 13, 2017

Schipperke said:
I was on a pier and near everyone was using a Got-cha and were catching Bluefish.

I got tired of losing Mepps Spinners , and found 25 pack of China knockoffs for $19. They've been catching fish! My favorite freshwater spoon is the Acme Phobe. Next would be a Kastmaster. Wonder if the Chinese have a Tony Acetta clone?

Where did you get those?

Yoshi · Sep 13, 2017

I think I need to add a new one to my collection... Clouser fly.

LimaVictor · Sep 13, 2017

Wind Cheaters
River2Sea Whopper Ploppers
Ba-Donk-Adonks
Z-Man with skirt and jig head
Live eels for Cobia

Sportstud4891 · Sep 13, 2017

Beetle Spin
Sting Silvers
Rattletrap
Clark Spoons
Bucktails

TargetGrade · Sep 13, 2017

Schipperke said:
I was on a pier and near everyone was using a Got-cha and were catching Bluefish.

I got tired of losing Mepps Spinners , and found 25 pack of China knockoffs for $19. They've been catching fish! My favorite freshwater spoon is the Acme Phobe. Next would be a Kastmaster. Wonder if the Chinese have a Tony Acetta clone?

If we made it they copied it.

outrider58 · Sep 13, 2017

Yoshi said:
Where did you get those?

Well, if you're gonna go there, Lefty Deceiver.

Yoshi · Sep 19, 2017

My buddies kid swore he caught a Sea Trout on the Severn by the Academy last week using a Gulp... Should I call shenanigans or is that legit?

outrider58 · Sep 19, 2017

Yoshi said:
My buddies kid swore he caught a Sea Trout on the Severn by the Academy last week using a Gulp... Should I call shenanigans or is that legit?

I'm no expert on Sea Trout. I have caught plenty on the bay. Anything is possible. They eat live and cut bait. :shrug:

Uncle Duke · Jul 26, 2019

Thread revival here.

Whatever happened to the larger Tony Accetta spoons?

I haven't dragged a spoon on the Chesapeake in 25 years. Looks like the numbers 19 and 21 in white and chrome that were deadly on big rockfish and blues both are to be found today only on e-Bay?

Anyone know the story? Looks like I'm caught in the past. What replaced these in popularity for spring rockfish?

hooligan82 · Jul 26, 2019

Nichols magnum (8”) and mini magnum (6”) flutter spoons seem to do well for large mouth. Wonder if they would work on stripers.

Uncle Duke · Jul 26, 2019

hooligan82 said:
Nichols magnum (8”) and mini magnum (6”) flutter spoons seem to do well for large mouth. Wonder if they would work on stripers.

I would certainly think they'd catch rock.
But even in the 8 inch size, the 3/0 hook size supplied on these Nichols spoons that are popular for bass are nowhere near (what I think I recall) as a 9/0 hook on the 19 Tony. The 21 hook size was larger still. They used to need replacement periodically, as big blues especially would make short work of the feathers.

Uncle Duke · Jul 28, 2019

Someone here knows why the once popular numbers 19 and 21 Tony Accetta spoons of yesteryear disappeared?

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